The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. FROM TILE 'MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. [Morning Chronicle.] Nye Are still unable to' lay before nor readers noy certain information respecting the state of Spain. It would appear from a private letter from M,drid Of the 3d inst., published in The Courier of Saturday, and from a letter from (lie s.ime place and of the same date in the Paris 'Papers, both of which our readers will find below, that bands of armed men are roaming up and down the country, and brat " these hands are principally coin po., , ed of soldiers whom the tear of embarking for Ante- rica has induced to desert their corps." How far this breaking up of the Spanish Army may be con • aeeted with the disturb:melts which are reported 'fa havetilken place at Madrid', remains to be as certminel. That the :Spanish Army is generally .(Matrected, was already pretty Well known ; and how indeed should' it be •ifilrerwise, when it is neither paid, clothed, nor fed An artny such a state can give no protection to Ferdinand, a'titi. the only wonder is that an attempt should not be fore bate been made by sonic of the many who must wish the overthrow of his government, to turn this engine against him. The following is an extract of a private letter from Madrid, dated the 3d inst.:-- " NlADatri, Dec 3.---We have no news here of any importance, that I can learn, but we are in such a s; ate of ignorance upon political matters, that we hardly know what is going forward in the provinces. We have hail reports here of the con ceoiration of bands of robbers in different starts, whose purpose is the plunder of ti aveliers, but who pretend other tnotives for taki-og up arms.— How far this is true it is impossible to say, nor do we know whether there is any ground for be lieving that the principal cause of the delay of the expedition (tom Cadiz is the rapid and uncoil tpodable desertion of the troops. It is not un liLely that you may be better Acquainted with these matters than we r e " nrongh a private hand we have also received some annthers of . the Madrid Gazette, and althotn, , .; h they ate not dated later than the 30th November, they ate curious, because they are the fit that for a long tittle have contained any information front South America. They are also the latest dates that have reached London. " MADRID, DF.c. 3 —lhe various Corps t of the iStßte are eager to offer to the King their congta !lllations On the occasion of the pregnancy of the Qae e n, by the celebration of religious ceremonies for her happy delivery ; her Majesty has advanced to her ninth mouth ; and for several days past the Diplomatic Corps have received notice to be in readiness to attend at a moment's notice. " Much has been said here, during these few days past, of armed bands, which are committing excesses in the quarter of Andalusia and I,...stra nadura. It is even asserted, that they are nume rous enough to go into the villages and demand provisions. These bands are principally cuml►os ed of soldiers, whom the tear of embarking for America► has induced to desert their corps. If we may rely upon the authority of several letters, ping of felons, who had been sentenced to the galleys, and who were tinder escort from Cadiz to Ceuta, had been attacked by these hands, which succeeded in liberating several of theta,"—(lbid.) [Morning Post.] The alarming reports which were last week so industriously circulated respecting the internal si tuation of Spain, our Readers will recollect we received and treated with due caution and neces sary distrust ; and tve have now much reason to felicitate ourselves upon the prudent precatition we were led to observe in this resrect„ From what we have just learned upon,the subject, we may safely venture to state that there is no infor mation whatever to countenance the reports of an approaching revolution in that country ; and that, on the contrary, there is every reason to believe they are utterly void of foundation. Some of the public roads have, as usual, been infested with lawless banditti, but the prompt measures of the Police alone were sufficient to subdue the daring ruffians and bring them to immediate justice. We are really surprised at the pertinacity with vvhich some of our cotemporaries adhere to false hoods of tilt it own invention. Again do they as sert that various changes are about to take place in the Ministry, without even the shadow of founda tion for their bold a•sertions ; and again; there fore, do we feel ourselves called upon to state that there is not the slightest foundation for any of the statements to which we allude, beyond the tact mentioned some weeks since by us, that -the Earl of Mul4rave (liter a long, most faithfid, and eminently beneficial service to the conntry,) natu rally feels a desire to be relieved trout the ar dttoos ditties of an important situation, and that his krdship will he succeeded as Master• Gene•• rill of the Ordnance by the illustrious Wellington, who, having finished his work of glory in the field, is this most wisely destined for a scat in the Cabinet.—(liid ) 'KU M AND WINDSOR PALACES. , —A eotemporary states, that the Prince Regeot has it in confetti plalion to make Kew his spring and summer rest denee—the autumn and part of the winter to be passed at Brighton. Now, we hare heard re peated hints that there is an idea of removing our revered Sovereir) to the former place ; not only tor the convenience ot medical attendance, but fur the purpose of permitting the Royal Sufferer to have the benefit ot the air in those fatuous gar- , dens, in which his Majesty was' wont to be so much clel4 , ,hted. That such a wish has been •re peatedly expressed by the King in his lucid inter vals, eve have no doubt. Hence the rumour of erecting high walls around the demesne. Should this attatigement be carried into effect, the Prince Regent will reside in Windsor Castle, instead of Kew. Something must be done to preserve that beantifiil pile from perishing ; for it is a fact, that the cielings of the. rooms occupied by the King are iu danger of falling, in consequence ot neglect. They are actually shored up. Not a' cat penter's hammer is allowed to approach that sine ot the Castle, as di! noise would, it is feared, 11JVC a serious effect ou the nerves of his Majesty; therefore, nniess the King is removed, that fine edifice will be in danger of CAtturoN-liousE,&c.—To give additional space for the new improvements, the buildings next Sr. James's Park will be removed; the milk walk will he taken in, and the whole•of the space, pa rallel with the great gun, next the Ranger's lodge. •The avenue through Spring-gardens will be kept open for the accommodation of the public, and the passage from New -street, Spring-gardens. The scr e en of columns now occupying the trout ot Carlton►-house will he removed into the rear. The stables will be removed, and the horses and carriages transferred to the King's Mews, which have lately been repaired and beautified.—(/bid.) Trt R QuEEN's only individuals who have inspected her late Majesty's will are the Prince Regent, the Duke of York, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Augusta, and Sir John Nichoil, the Judge of the Prerogative Court. The reason assigned for the delay is, that they have not taken an account of the property.—(lbid.) TII.EATR i ICAL ICE GisTER. Perforrniq onlS'aturday Aright. THEATRE ROYAL, DittittY-LANE.-.--(lstil time), Brutus: Lu cius Junius, Mr. Kean; Tarquinia, Mrs. W. West. After which, Is He Alive? TntATa.e ItnyAL, COVENT-GARDEN.—(3d time), A Word for the Ladies : Principal Characters by Mr. W. Farreu and Mrs. Yates. After which, Paul and Virginia. To which ' was added, Husbands and Wives. TO CORriEsPONDENTS. ScrtuTATnit, on the New Translation of the Bible, is unaroid ahly postponed till To-raorrow, when it shall certainly appear. FOE SeRUTiTOR and ATTORNATUS, see the First Page. Sr. THOMAL—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East-India, and South Sea Houses, this day. MAILS. Arm's , En-2 Dublin, 2 Waterford, 1 Flanders, 1 France. DuL-2 Guernsey and Jersey, I flatuburgb, 1 Lisbon, 1 Mal to 1 Sweden. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•NIORRO W. Morning, 38 minutes after 8. I Evening, 3 minutes after 9. THE SUN. SOLtiAl QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDUAT LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1818. Yesterday and this morning we received the Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. The Chamber of Deputies on IVednesday proceeded to a further scrutiny for the election Of five Candi dates for the Presidency. The number of voters was 174, absolute majority 88. The result of the first scrutiny was, the Count DAUGIER 90 votes, the Count PLANELLI de LAVALETTE 84, the Count DUPONT 73, M. CAMILLE JORDAN 68, M. Con avoistsx 43. The Count DAUGIER being the only one who had an absolute majority, he was added to the list of Candidates, anti a new scru tiny was resorted to, the number of voters was then 176, absolute majority 89. The result was— for the Count DUPONT 101 voters, the Count PLANELLI to LAVALETTE 90, M. COURVOISIER 80, M. CAMILLE JORDAN 70; the Counts Du- PONT and PLANELLI de LAVALETTE were in con sequence proclaimed Candidates for the Presidency, making up the whole number of five. MM. CHEVALIER and REVNAUT, the Editors of La 'Bibliotheque Llistorique, have been arrested on account of some expressions used in the sixth number of the fourth volume of that work. The Emperor of Russia, after passing some days at Weimar, set out from thence the 9th in stant, to proceed to Vienna, where hi's Imperial Majesty is to remain about ten days. The Council of State of Friburg have resorted to the most despotic measures to suppress the ex pression of public opinion against the restoration of the Jesuits. The French Chamber of Peers were to meet on Saturday last to discuss the Address to the KiNO. The following are extracts from the Journals of " l'Aats, pac. 18.—The King yesterday re ceived the Neapolitan anti Spanish Ambassadors, and afterwards held a Council of Ministers. " CUAMBEIt OF DEPUTIES. " PROVISIONAL PRESIDENCY OF M. ANGLES, SERI. " SITTING OF DECEMBER 17. " A scrutiny was proceeded in for the election of four Vice.Pesidents. Number of voters 173, absolute majority 87. " The suffrages were found to be as follows: -L MNr. Courvuisier Blanquart Bailleul The Count Bengnot 72 Royer Collard 72 Becqucy Bourdeau Foutenet Bollard 5B Shaun Dupont de l'Eure Benoist The Prince de Broglie 3O Camille Jordan De Serre 4 The Count Durnan&r The Count de St. Aulaire And sevel al - units. - the only one who ob tained M. Courvoisier being an absolute majority, a new scrutiny took place: Number of voters 175, absolute majority 88. RESULT. MM. Blanquart Baillcul . B5 The Count Beugnot foyer Collard Becquey Bourdeau . The Count Sim&ni GO 45 " None of these having obtained an absolute majority, their names were submitted to a ballot, when the relative tnajorify was obtained by MM. Blanquart liailleul , Bengnot, and Becgney, who, with M. Courvoisier, were proclaimed Vice-Pre sidents for the Session. " A Letter was read from Marshal Oudinot, offering the Chamber a guard of honour from the National Guards, which was accepted wi►h thanks. " 'The Sitting was adjourned till to•morrow, for the election of four Secretaries. " Lieutenant-General the Count Lobau, includ ed in the second list of the Ordonnance of the 24th July, has returned to Paris. " The well-known General Sarrazin is now a prisoner at la Force, charged with Bigamy. No less than three women claim him as their husiand, one of them an English Lady, whom he married in London in 1813, having previously married at Leghorn in 1799, and subsequently in 1317 at Bordeaux. He has children by two of the mar riages. He is to be tried erirly in the next year. " We learn from Lille that there have been several considerable failures in that town, result ing from the fall in the public funds. " The Earl of Clancarty, one of the. Ministers who is to assist at the Conferences at Frankfort, arrived in that city on the 12th inst. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday G3 c. Thursday .. 63 f. 60 c. DEFERRED STOCK. Wednesday. Thursday. Of the 22d March,lBl7....7fr:f. 10 c.... 7ti f. 35c. 22d Sept. 1817...74 f. 10 c.... 74 f. 35c. 22d March, IRIB f. 10 c.... 72 f. 35c. 22d Sept. 1818... 70 f. 50 c.... 70 f. 75 c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One Month 23 f. ROc. Three Months 23 f. GO c. " HAMBURGH, DEC. 9.—The young men re cently arrested here on the requisition of the Spanish Minister have been set at liberty. Short ly afterwards, they assembled to the number of 800, and proceeded to the Danish territory, where their embarkation experienced, not the least obstacle. " The Mecklenburg Consul at London has taken up the plan lately abandoned by Sir Sid ney Smith, for forming an Anti-Pirate Association against the Barbary Powers. FRANKFORT, lac. 13.—1 t is said to be cer tain that the Great Powers have addressed a Note to the Elector of Hesse, inviting him to recog nize the sales of domains which took place under the Prussian Government. " The Projet of Constitution agreed upon at Berlin is said to ;fiord all the guarantees that the friends of liberty can desire." We have received an interesting Letter from Paris, but it came too late for insertion this day, and shall appear to-morrow. New York Papers, one day later, arrived this morning. (From 7'he New Y.rk Evening Post of the 14th ult.) PENSACOLA.-The New Orleans Gazette of the 13th ult. states, on the authority of an intelligent Gentleman from Pensacola, that no ordets bad been received there for the unconditional surrender of that place to the Spaniards ; but that, on the con trary, etrong reinforcements of troops were daily expected from the adjacent States. Havannah Papers to the Ist Ult. have been re ceived in New York. They state that Mr. Ro st:4s°N, who.has long been imprisoned by the Spanish Government, is very ill in the horrid dungeon of the Moro, and there was but little hopes of his recovery.—(lbid.) The New York Paper of the 16th contains a long list of Ships of the Line and Frigates, now in active preparation ; the greater number will, it is stated, be ready for sea in the spring. The following are the particulars At Washington, 1 Line of Battle Ship nearly finished; a Frigate in frame. At Norfolk, 1 Line of Battle Ship building; in frame, 1 Line of Battle Ship and 2 Frigates. At Philadelphia, t Line of Battle Ship ; in frame, 1 Line of Battle Ship, 1 Frigate. At New York, 1 Line of Battle Ship; in frame, 2 Frigates. At Boston, 1 Line of Battle Ship. ' At Portsmouth, 1 Line of Battle Ship. The Morning Paper, in which most of the late reports of Ministerial changes have originated, still perseveres, in spite of our authentic contra diction, to renew the same reports, but we again affirm, as we have repeatedly ►asserted before, that no change has taken piace except the resignation of the Ordnance by the Earl of MuLonAve, who is to be succeeded by the Duke of WELLtNoTort. , But th E r e i s reason to h o p e t h at t h e f3Le‘ts of Lord Mutcaavit will be employed in some ° Jet situation, as he is one of those sound Statestrlel of the true PITT SCHOOL, to whom this COI and all Europe are i n debted for the °vertigo°. (), oppressive usurpation, and the revival of P eso and security. There is no truth, we repeat sb o, the report that Lord MSLVILLE is to g° to India, nor is there the slightest reason . fn be : lieve that the Marquis of HASTINGS is des ire !, of returning. Government and ;he East India Company are too sensible of the great and important services of the Noble Lord tO W i6 to recal him ; and if the Paper alluded to wer e rs' ther to employ itself in noticing and relating fae lj than in the invention of reports, it I ° u see, as we before observed, by the very prepa re ' lions which the Marchioness is making, in 011ie the to return to India, the absurdity, as well a s improbability of its daily rumours. The report s° the intended resignation of Viscount Somorril are equally unfottoded. His Lordship,disch arg i ti his duty witli a firmness which the seditious d resu o ; and, at the same time, with all the urban it i t ft liberal and feeling mind. As to the () the changes mentioned and predicted in the set Paper, they are wholly without foundation) d o t are, indeed, unworthy of farther notice. this time of the year is always prolific in s uch r e ; ports ; and if they did not tend to decei ve ° people, and to render them apprehensive of I ° slll 1° in turn, one of Iles most 'able and uprigh t , 1 ministrations, whether considered in their PP I3II or private conduct, that this Country ever P o e sessed, and to which the whole civilizes l vr°l. is essentially indebted, we should treat an t he 6• fanciful fabrications as mere Christmas Gambols, JAMES WHITTLE, ESQ.—This Gentleman' i t ; was ,well known in the convivial circles of th e r a t tropolis by the friendly appellation of 3 0 ,0 t XVEIITTLS, and who was a good-humoured charuc!er, died last week at Brighton, after al °. and hopeless illness. JOHN NORTH, E , Q.—The friends of this G e 6; tleman, anti they are very numerous, and b i r b ' s t respectable, will learn with much regret, fts he departed this life on Saturday morning, tedious and painful illness, at his seat 8t Acton. He had raised himself to opulenc e if persevering and honourable industry, an d : o ft distinguished for manly frankness, social li" 11 : - . 0 9 and generous hospitality. His library is, Pe r ` l— of in value and extent, much superior to that ' 9; person of his rank in life throughout this coon o r fie spared no expence in obtaining wb 9 , l „ e o lo was rare and estimable in literature, and his u i - hif were always liberally open for the service no friends. fie 13 has left an amiable widow, h th ' i o , issue, to lament the loss of an affectionate band, a cheerful and intelligent companion' His Royal Highness the PaiscE REG 011. :1 0 turns to Carlton-house to-day, from Brigh lW e j ell preside at !a Conucil, at which it is cq e - the Duke of IVULLINGTON and Lord CA 09 f1 REAGIi gill he present. To-morrow, his litt Highness intends visiting the Princes ses tt ' e k W" t uf ts nesday, Castle ; and on the following daY' tu fts nesday, he sets out from Windsor on his re to the Pavilion, at Brighton.—(Herald.) Yesterday letters were received at the ‘ , O St tary of State's Office, in Downing-street, 10 Lord CASTLBREAGH, at Dover. His Lord s or accompanied by his Lady, were expected "300 rive at their seat, at North Cray, in 'Dent' 1, terday, to dinner. g lef t Saturday afternoon the Duchess of 174)--f a t st York House, St. James's Palace, for he r se , Outlands. Her Royal Highness has been in t a r t er since Tuesday.—Yester a day afternoon, so" Stor k three o'clock, the Duke of YORK arrived a t h beft House, St. James's Palace, front Woburn A itto where his Royal Highness had been one vie the Duke of BEDFORD since Tuesday e vening; r e , The Duke of GLOUCESTER it expected OOl turn to London, by the way of .Fratilifurb Paris. poi',; Rear Admiral the Hon. Sir HENRY - ig eeti 'TODD, Bart. is said to be appointed t o st A ve Rear-Admiral Sir RICHARD KING i n the N ara Command in the East Indies, and e ither tk e poi le ville or Wellesley will be commissioned at t o re mouth, by Captain C. RICHARDSON, C• 13' lailo' ceive the Admiral's flag, and convey hin h e Captain JOHN Ross, recently contin andi :e r ry l f the Arctic Circle, has been promoted to Ow Expedition employed on a Voyage of Disc°:, rse t t° Of Post Captain. ANECDOTE OF THE EMPEROR Cr R1155 1 ,1;6 0 , 1 , great Sovereign (says a Coirespondent `1„0 the French Papers), in p roc eeding trom Sele, Paris, travelled in a plain beeline de yoYa; c for young peasant, who had mistaken his-carritif^sooo that of his snite,, cliMbed op b e hi n d, $ 1 r leagues fruit the city. The august travelle tiered his carriage to stop, atid asked his s e companion why h e mounted b eh i n d. P ero ( be, '` wish to go to Sedan, to see the O n e ( 1 Alexander " " And why do y o u vridi to 9 : 0 ,0 1 Emperor ?" " Because," said he,'" on' have told me that he loves Frenebm" Very ` v : l ' therefore, to see him " " good fellow," sa id Alexander, you 0 • C t o ofd: him ; lam the Emperor." Tlie c hild, irop to el sion and terror, began to cry, and after su i eri d, in k ; out an excuse, was preparing to (1 " c o r d e° pursue his journey on foot. The EnW e o l og e sired him to remain, saving, " 8 " 11 g t he titer." When they arrived at the c ity 1, 1 11 y outh requested nim to call at his w ith e youth did so. Th e E mpero r as ked if ;flied the h to go to Russia ? " With pleasure," I..erelice boy. " Well," said he, " since Prn cit ior tun e ; given you to me, I shall take care of Ynt ir dsi in 11 1 The youth went away on t he followiOg suite of the Emperor.